Santa steals a Christmas kiss from a nurse

Santa gets festive with a nurse during Christmas celebrations at Sydney’s Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in 1944.

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In a bid to lift the spirits of children struggling with illness over the holiday season, Sydney's Royal Prince Alfred Hospital hosted an annual Christmas picnic in 1944. Children left the ward and bathed in the summer sun. While some years brought special attractions, like camels, Santa was a constant. He dressed more like a wizard with cotton balls stuck to his robe than contemporary incarnations of the gift-giver, and in December 1944, he was certainly not afraid to get more than a little festive with a nurse. (State Library of New South Wales, Flickr)